 The Siguranța began routine searches at the organization headquarters, and eventually arrested Constantinescu-Iași on November 25.King Carol II also reacted against clandestine PCR activities, and drafted a Decree banning 31 political associations suspected of sedition, including "Amicii URSS", "Comitetul Național Antirăzboinic", "Comitetul Național Antifascist", and "Liga Muncii".Without noticeable echo inside Romania, the crackdown became a cause for large protest rallies in France (organized by the "Amis de l'URSS", with the noted participation of Fernand Grenier and André Malraux, as well as Victor Basch) and a formal protest of Czechoslovakian intellectuals (it was signed, among others, by Karel Čapek).